Can TaskMan's red 'Close' button be made to minimize instead?

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Milhouse Van Houten

I like to keep TaskMan minimized on the tray for the CPU gauge, but I find
myself accidentally closing it because I'm so used to red X'g out of it
after using it for something (examine processes or whatever). Is there some
trick to make it so that the only way to exit TaskMan is via File/Exit?
 
Hi,
If you think about functionality like BitTorrent which asks Close or
Minimize (and allows to remember selected option)... - forget about it.

Marcin Domaslawski
 
I like to keep TaskMan minimized on the tray for the CPU gauge, but I find
myself accidentally closing it because I'm so used to red X'g out of it
after using it for something (examine processes or whatever). Is there some
trick to make it so that the only way to exit TaskMan is via File/Exit?
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No, at least not without some hacking, in which case it might even be
easier to just write a new tray applet that shows a CPU gauge.

Or google for one, I'd be surprised if nobody has written it yet ;)
It took me < 30 seconds to find this, but I don't know if it works on
Vista:
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/System_Analysis_Utilities/CpuUsage_System_Service.html
License: freeware.
 
Lucvdv said:
No, at least not without some hacking, in which case it might even be
easier to just write a new tray applet that shows a CPU gauge.

Or google for one, I'd be surprised if nobody has written it yet ;)
It took me < 30 seconds to find this, but I don't know if it works on
Vista:
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/System_Analysis_Utilities/CpuUsage_System_Service.html
License: freeware.
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Coincidentally, that's the one that I used to use in XP, but it doesn't work
in Vista (and isn't likely to be updated for it), so I moved to Taskman.
Since I run Taskman frequently anyway, I figured it would be good to go with
it on the tray as well, though if I can't get used to not closing it I'll
have to find something else.
 
It happens that Milhouse Van Houten formulated :
I like to keep TaskMan minimized on the tray for the CPU gauge, but I find
myself accidentally closing it because I'm so used to red X'g out of it after
using it for something (examine processes or whatever). Is there some trick
to make it so that the only way to exit TaskMan is via File/Exit?
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Look for Process Explorer by Systernals - it can be made to minimize to the
system tray and by default shows a CPU usage graph - plus, it is MUCH more
capable than standard Task Manager
 
Milhouse, have you tried Options>Hide When Minimized?

When you minimize Task Manager, it disappears from the taskbar but there's a
green CPU meter bar in the Notification Area that you can doubleclick to
restore TM.
 
Andy Sweet said:
Milhouse, have you tried Options>Hide When Minimized?

When you minimize Task Manager, it disappears from the taskbar but there's
a green CPU meter bar in the Notification Area that you can doubleclick to
restore TM.
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Yes, that works to minimize it to the tray, but I was hoping for some kind
of hack (like a command-line switch or something) that would prevent me from
closing TaskMan with the red "X" button, which I'm in the habit of using. If
I remember to click "Minimize" it'll stay open on the tray, but I don't
always do.
 
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